crouching
/ˈkɹaʊt͡ʃɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
crouching is spelled C-R-O-U-C-H-I-N-G: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crouching means “The action of the verb crouch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crouching is crouchings.
How many letters and syllables are in crouching?
| Letters | 9: C-R-O-U-C-H-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,393rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crouching?
Crouching appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce crouching?
- /ˈkɹaʊt͡ʃɪŋ/
Crouching has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-crouching.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crouching
- crouchings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crouching mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of the verb crouch.
adjective
- 1
That crouches or crouch.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of crouch
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).